Patents by Inventor Gary Thomas Hertel

Gary Thomas Hertel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Start-over in adaptive streaming
    Patent number: 10601888
    Abstract: In an example, a processing device is provided. The processing device may be configured to determine whether to send a first version of a stream manifest corresponding to a received a selection of one of a plurality of stream variants of a video content asset. The processing device may be configured to, in response to determining to not send the first version, send a second different version of the stream manifest. In an example, the first version includes only a subset of a plurality of entries included in the second version and/or a bootstrap current media time that is different than an actual current media time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Hertel, Greg Kenneth Truax, Michael Vidyadhar Kale
  • START-OVER IN ADAPTIVE STREAMING
    Publication number: 20180131739
    Abstract: In an example, a processing device is provided. The processing device may be configured to determine whether to send a first version of a stream manifest corresponding to a received a selection of one of a plurality of stream variants of a video content asset. The processing device may be configured to, in response to determining to not send the first version, send a second different version of the stream manifest. In an example, the first version includes only a subset of a plurality of entries included in the second version and/or a bootstrap current media time that is different than an actual current media time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Hertel, Greg Kenneth Truax, Michael Vidyadhar Kale
  • Enabling start-over TV in adaptive bitrate delivery
    Patent number: 9866603
    Abstract: In an example, a processing device is provided. The processing device may be configured to determine whether to send a first version of a stream manifest corresponding to a received a selection of one of a plurality of stream variants of a video content asset. The processing device may be configured to, in response to determining to not send the first version, send a second different version of the stream manifest. In an example, the first version includes only a subset of a plurality of entries included in the second version and/or a bootstrap current media time that is different than an actual current media time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Thomas Hertel, Greg Kenneth Truax, Michael Vidyadhar Kale